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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hope he never will regret the confidence he has placed in me." To close friends, he voiced regret at being obliged to leave his Minneapolis home for Washington. He has grown fond of the Minnikahda Golf Club*; where he has often swung along the course at a business-like clip, as likely as not telling jokes about his Scotch ancestors. "The only thing my Scotch blood doesn't make me close about is my golf score. I'm not at all stingy about that. If I shoot 100, I feel I'm playing an excellent game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Bank Chief | 10/3/1927 | See Source »

...mark set by the team as a whole. Donaghy continues not only to show the way to the rest of the University sluggers but also to better his own average. Already at the 400 mark before the Holy Cross encounter, he is now hitting at a 400 clip. Chauncey, whose opportune extra base smashes have proved a large factor in recent Crimson diamond success also raised his average, having reached 400 from his previous 383 position...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON FIELDING AND HITTING MARKS REFLECT LOOSELY PLAYED GAMES | 5/18/1927 | See Source »

...speak French? Parlez vous Francais? No, don't clip the accompanying coupon, don't even bother to take another French course. Go, instead, to the Opera House and see the Guitrys. Then, if not before, you will realize that though it may be imperative to study Russian, Sanskrit, or Middle High German in order to make your way in the world, all an audience at such French plays needs is a program and two good eyes...

Author: By R. K. L., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 2/17/1927 | See Source »

Long Beach, Calif., looked forward to new beauty treatments: "The Huddleston Grease Pack," "The Catalina Clip," "The Huddle" (Shampoo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Swims | 2/14/1927 | See Source »

...added another victim to its list when the Cambridge players defeated the Worcester Polytechnic Institute by a 37 to 20 score on the Hemenway Gymnasium floor. The Crimson held the whiphand throughout, leading at hair-time, 19 to 9, and continuing through the second period at about the same clip...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATS W.P.I. | 1/20/1927 | See Source »

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